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My drawing. Think I'll stick to brewing. Final product. Not too bad

Update and Closing Thoughts: 12/18/13 Here's a look at my batch before bottling, with approximately 4 months of aging: The outside of the vessel is a bit dusty, but the mead itself is quite clear! I must confess I did not get a proper final gravity reading, as i was paranoid about...

Update: 11/24/13 The mead is looking crystal clear, (i believe the hallmark is reading a newspaper through it), and I'll be steeping my vanilla bean a few days from now (i'll post pictures then).

Since you're using a dry yeast packet, making sure to do a proper rehydration step before pitching is important. It's possible that by pitching directly into the wort, especially if its high gravity, the resulting loss in total viable yeast cells might cause fermentation to proceed slower than...

This recipe was adapted from the Brewing Network Mead Episode from 12-01-08 featuring Ken Schramm, i used a smaller scale scale and different honey variety. This is also my first post on HBT so bear with me here. In advance, add K-meta at chlorine/chloromine neutralizing dilution levels to 2...